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NASA AND ESA Partnership on the Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle Service ModuleIn March 2011, NASA and ESA made a decision to partially offset the European obligations deriving from the extension of the ISS Program until the end of 2020 with different means than ATVs, following the ATV-5 mission foreseen in mid-2014. NASA and ESA considered a number of barter options, and concluded that the provision by ESA of the Service Module and Spacecraft Adaptor for the NASA Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) was the barter element with the most interest. A joint ESA - NASA working group was established to assess the feasibility of Europe developing this Module based on ATV heritage. The working group was supported by European and US industry namely Astrium, TAS-I and Lockheed-Martin. This paper gives an overview of the results of the on-going study as well as its projected utilization for the global space exploration endeavour.
Document ID
20130010773
Acquisition Source
Glenn Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Free, James M. (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Schubert, Kathleen (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Grantier, Julie (NASA Glenn Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Date Acquired
August 27, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 2012
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Meeting Information
Meeting: 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
Location: Naples
Country: Italy
Start Date: October 1, 2012
End Date: October 5, 2012
Sponsors: International Inst. of Space Law, International Academy of Astronautics
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 736466.01.01.03.03
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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